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theabstractgeek.bsky.social
Opinions=mine, not my employer’s. Techie (security and observability) by day. Composer and writer all other times. Woke and proud of it. DMs open for friends, inc. online ones. Signal available on request. Old skeets regularly purged. Twin Cities, MN
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Well, yes! And they should be required to have their names in clearly legible print on their uniforms too. If you’re going to use violence on behalf of the government against citizens and residents, you should not be allowed anonymity. Don’t like it? Find a different career.

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Oh really? So we just need to cede ground and throw “those” kids under the bus despite science not backing these quack claims, huh? What group is next against the wall? And after that? And after that?

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Elon threatening to just leave people on the ISS is making a pretty good case for why you nationalize your space program!

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Rubio should never be allowed to hold another title beyond “inmate” when this is all over. apple.news/A1r9ENNTeQ6G...

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Shame if anyone were to submit a bunch of entries like this.

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Just before he died, David Lynch told me, “Never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down.”

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There is absolutely no reason a law enforcement officer should be wearing this shit regardless of intention. POLICE ARE NOT THE FUCKING MILITARY. apple.news/AGdI1EIvhRzu...

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One hell of a better response than that sniveling little weasel of a mayor.

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This IQ nonsense from the far right is beyond idiotic. I’m old enough to have taken a couple of mandated IQ tests in my school years. Also beyond idiotic, mind you.

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Who is that orange shit for brains going to pick a fight with now?

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This is the way.

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@governorwalz.mn.gov @smith.senate.gov @ltgovflanagan.mn.gov Since Frey won’t stop MPD from working with ICE and lying about it, will you? @biketrouble.bsky.social reported pepper spray being deployed.

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Dear lord, that weed must smell like a skunk’s scrotum. 🤢

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Mom: “I need you to move that clock from my storage unit.” Me: “You mean the grandfather clock that is a couple hundred pounds? Not happening. I’ll help you find movers.” Mom: “You’re young and strong, you should be able to move it.” Me: *snorts in “40s with a twitchy back”*

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I hope AI bots get physical bodies someday, because I’m going to take pleasure in beating the FedEx chatbot with a baseball bat until its circuits turn back into sand.

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I am so so so so so so glad to see a documentary like this within her lifetime. 🥹

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Chemtrails don’t exist. Neither does a family tree for Rep. Coates that has branches.

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He should have his medical license yanked.

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Long overdue to get rid of DHS entirely. www.mprnews.org/story/2025/0...

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Haven’t gotten any thinly veiled cracks about me not breeding, but did get the “are you attending church?” question from mom. She’s ELCA Lutheran and a firm Democrat, mind you, so it’s not a MAGA thing at least. Took everything I had to not quote Depeche Mode…

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